Is it Time to Eliminate CRT Monitors? - This Week In Retro 134

Do you really need a CRT screen to get the best from retro games? 8BitDo have a new Nintendo/Famicon inspired keyboard set up with some interesting features. The story of SWIV (the sequel to Silkworm), is it the best vertical SHMUP? This is your weekly round up of some of the retro computing news as picked by you! Don't forget to get involved with our Community Question Of The Week. If you have an interesting answer it might make it onto the show. Our wonderful sponsor is Pixel Addict magazine, the digital culture magazine for classic computing and retro gaming enthusiasts. Available from WHSmith in the UK (along with its sister publication Amiga Addict) as well direct from the good people who make it at www.pixel.addict.media 00:00 - Show Opening 14:11 - Eliminating CRTsStory Link: https://www.hackster.io/news/the-crt-terminator-is-a-vga-card-add-on-that-supplies-native-digital-video-b5a461c4f696 34:51 - The Quick Fox Jumped Over The Snazzy 8BitD o!Story Link: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/8bitdo-is-making-a-retro-mechanical-keyboard-inspired-by-the-nes-and-famicom/1100-6516377/?utm_source=reddit.comAdditional Link: https://www.8bitdo.com/ 49:27 - Swivel On ItStory Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of-swiv 01:07:15 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtubehttps://youtube.com/rmcretrohttps://www.youtube.com/005agima Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.